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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ROME 002990 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR S/WCI, DRL 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2012 
TAGS: PREL PHUM KJUS PHUM KJUS RW RWPREL
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT KAGAME SUPPORTS REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN 
RWANDA INITIATIVE 
 
REF: A. A) KIGALI 1137 
     ¶B. B) KIGALI 1132 
 
CLASSIFIED BY: ACTING POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR GARY ROBBINS FOR REA 
SONS 1.5(B)(D) 
 
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¶1. (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES 
PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR DR. JENDAYI 
FRAZER DISCUSSED WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME ON JUNE 
13 THE LAUNCHING OF AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO APPREHEND 
PERSONS INDICTED FOR GENOCIDE BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL 
TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR).  THESE FUGITIVES ARE ALSO FUELING 
THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN THE CONGO.  PRES. KAGAME EXPRESSED 
GRATITUDE FOR THE INITIATIVE AND SAID HE WOULD PROVIDE ANY 
INFORMATION THE GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA HAS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE 
TO THEIR APPREHENSION.  DR. FRAZER CALLED FOR AN 
INVESTIGATION OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MUTINY IN KISANGANI. 
PRES. KAGAME DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT AND COMPLAINED ABOUT 
ASSUMPTIONS OF RWANDAN CONTROL OF THE RCD.  END SUMMARY. 
 
REWARDS FOR JUSTICE 
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¶2. (C) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES 
PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT 
AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS DR. JENDAYI FRAZER 
MET ON JUNE 13 WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME, WHO WAS IN 
ROME FOR A WORLD FOOD SUMMIT.  AMB. PROSPER DESCRIBED THE 
LAUNCHING OF THE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE CAMPAIGN (REFTEL A) THAT 
IS TARGETING FELICIEN KABUGA IN NAIROBI, KENYA.  AMB. PROSPER 
STATED THAT HE PLANS TO EXPAND THIS CAMPAIGN TO THE CONGO 
REGION TO APPREHEND PERSONS INDICTED FOR GENOCIDE WHO REMAIN 
AT LARGE THERE.  THESE FUGITIVES WHO HOLD POSITIONS OF 
LEADERSHIP WITH ALIR (A TERRORIST GROUP RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 
MURDER OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN BWENDI, UGANDA IN 1999) ARE 
FUELING THE WAR IN CONGO.  DR. FRAZER VOICED WHITE HOUSE 
SUPPORT TO APPREHEND THE INDICTED LEADERSHIP, SO THAT 
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LOWER-LEVEL FIGHTERS COULD BE DEMOBILIZED AND REPATRIATED. 
AMB. PROSPER ASKED FOR ANY INFORMATION ON KABUGA OR OTHER 
FUGITIVES THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA MAY HAVE. 
 
¶3. (C) PRES. KAGAME EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THIS 
&CRUCIAL8 EFFORT.  HE STATED THAT THESE FUGITIVES 
CONTRIBUTE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE SECURITY PROBLEM IN THE 
REGION AND THEREFORE TO RWANDA,S PRESENCE IN THE CONGO.  HE 
COMMITTED TO SHARING ANY AVAILABLE INFORMATION THAT MAY 
CONTRIBUTE TO THE APPREHENSION OF THESE FUGITIVES AND 
WELCOMED THE REPATRIATION OF LOWER-LEVEL INDIVIDUALS FROM THE 
CONGO. 
 
¶4. (C) DR. FRAZER STRESSED THAT THE EFFORT TO APPREHEND 
GENOCIDAIRES SOUGHT TO BUILD CONFIDENCE THAT RWANDA,S 
SECURITY CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED.  DR. FRAZER SAID THAT 
THERE IS A NEED TO DEAL WITH BORDER SECURITY, SUGGESTING A 
TECHNICAL TEAM LOOK INTO A POSSIBLE BUFFER ZONE. 
 
¶5. (C) THE IDEA OF A BUFFER ZONE WAS A GOOD CONCEPT, KAGAME 
STATED, ESPECIALLY WITHIN A LARGER CONTEXT OF DEALING WITH 
RWANDA,S SECURITY CONCERNS.  HE SAID IT IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO 
SET A BUFFER ZONE IF THE OTHER SIDE CONTINUES TO TRAIN 
COMBATANTS.  PRES. KAGAME SAID RWANDA IS ANXIOUS TO LEAVE THE 
CONGO, BUT THE QUESTION IS WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF THE FORCES 
THAT WOULD COME IN TO THE VACUUM THERE AND THUS THREATEN 
RWANDA. 
 
ICTR COOPERATION CONCERNS 
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¶6. (C) AMB. PROSPER RAISED WITH KAGAME HIS MEETING WITH 
GENOCIDE SURVIVOR GROUPS ON JUNE 11 IN KIGALI DISCUSSING 
THEIR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ICTR (REFTEL B) AND TOLD KAGAME 
THAT HE SUBSEQUENTLY PRESSED THE ICTR REGISTRAR, ADAMA DIENG, 
FOR FURTHER REFORMS AT THE ICTR TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. 
AMB. PROSPER STRESSED TO PRES. KAGAME THAT IF IT IS PERCEIVED 
THAT RWANDA IS NOT COOPERATING WITH THE ICTR IT WILL CREATE 
PROBLEMS WITH GETTING THE NECESSARY COOPERATION OF THE 
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AND OTHER STATES TO 
APPREHEND WANTED FUGITIVES.  AMB. PROSPER TOLD PRES. KAGAME 
THAT HE WOULD APPRECIATE HIS HELP IN GETTING THE SURVIVOR 
GROUPS TO RESCIND THEIR SUSPENSION OF COOPERATION WITH THE 
ICTR. 
 
¶7. (C) PRES. KAGAME SAID HE HAD GIVEN FULL SUPPORT TO THE 
ICTR DESPITE ITS SHORTCOMINGS.  HINTING AT ICTR 
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE RPA, PRES. KAGAME STATED THAT THE WORK 
OF THE ICTR IS BECOMING POLITICIZED AND THAT THE FRENCH HAVE 
A LOT OF INFLUENCE TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE WHOLE PROCESS. 
AMB. PROSPER RESPONDED THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO THIS, STATING 
HE DID NOT WANT THE PROCESS TO BE POLITICIZED. 
 
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R 191026Z JUN 02 
FM AMEMBASSY ROME 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 4315 
INFO RWANDA COLLECTIVE 
AMEMBASSY KIGALI 
NSC WASHDC 
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 02 ROME 002990 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR S/WCI, DRL 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2012 
TAGS: PREL PHUM KJUS PHUM KJUS RW RWPREL
SUBJECT: PRESIDENT KAGAME SUPPORTS REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN 
RWANDA INITIATIVE 
 
¶8. (C) AMB. PROSPER STATED THAT HE HOPED HIS NEXT MEETING 
WITH PRES. KAGAME COULD EXPLORE IDEAS TO TRANSFER CASES FROM 
THE ICTR TO RWANDA AS PART OF THE GOAL OF REACHING A 
SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF ICTR CASES BY 2008.  PRES. KAGAME 
STATED THAT HE WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO HAVE SUCH 
DISCUSSIONS.  HE WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO TRY GENOCIDAIRES IN 
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RWANDA RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT RESPECTED THAT THE 
TRIALS HAD TO BE OUTSIDE OF RWANDA. 
 
KISANGANI 
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¶9. (C) DR. FRAZER STRESSED TO PRES. KAGAME THAT RWANDA NEEDS 
TO INVESTIGATE THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MUTINY IN KISANGANI TO 
HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE ACCOUNTABLE.  PRES. KAGAME STATED THAT 
HE WISHED A DISTINCTION COULD BE MADE BETWEEN RWANDA AND THE 
RCD.  HE ASKED WHY THE FAILURES OF THE MLC ARE NOT ATTRIBUTED 
TO UGANDA, OR KABILA,S ACTIONS ATTRIBUTED TO ZIMBABWE OR 
ANGOLA, TO WHICH DR. FRAZER COMMENTED THAT WE HAVE HAD A 
SIMILAR MESSAGE TO UGANDA IN THE PAST.  PRES. KAGAME STATED 
THAT THE RWANDANS WERE THE FIRST TO LEAVE KISANGANI TWO YEARS 
AGO, AND SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN NO RWANDAN SOLDIERS 
THERE.  HE COMMENTED THAT THERE ARE CONGOLESE OF RWANDAN 
ORIGIN IN KISANGANI WHO VISIT RWANDA, AND COMPLAINED THAT IF 
THESE CONGOLESE SPEAK IN KENYARWANDA THEN PEOPLE CLAIM THEY 
ARE RPA. 
 
¶10. THIS CABLE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY AMB. PROSPER. 
SEMBLER 
 
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